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  • US, China Compete for DR Congo’s Rare Earth Minerals

    The Chronicles Editorial February 15, 2023
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    Luwowo Coltan mine near Rubaya, North Kivu the 18th of March 2014. © MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti South Africa hosted the world’s biggest mining investment conference this week, with industry experts in attendance saying the U.S. and China are in a race for the critical minerals — such as cobalt and lithium…

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  • US, Russian Top Officials Visit Africa in Latest Battle for Continent

    The Chronicles Editorial January 24, 2023
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    Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Russian and American top officials are visiting Africa this week in trips that are part of what is seen in diplomatic circles as competitive drives to increase leverage in Africa through alignments with key states on…

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  • In Mali’s TIMBUKTU, ICC Reparations Bring Mixed Feelings

    Fondation Hirondelle December 12, 2022
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    In the Timbuktu region of northern Mali, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Trust Fund for Victims has since 2021 been compensating victims of the destruction of the city’s holy shrines during the occupation by Jihadists in 2012. While people appreciate the principle of reparations, many feel frustrated by the amount…

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  • Mozambique ex-president’s son jailed for 12 years for corruption

    AFP News Agency December 7, 2022
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    Africa Mozambique ex-president’s son jailed for 12 years for corruption The former Mozambique President Armando Guebuza with his embattled son Ndambi Guebuza A Mozambican court on Wednesday sentenced the son of Mozambique’s ex-president Armando Guebuza to 12 years in jail as part of a vast corruption scandal in which the…

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  • South Sudan Should Disarm Civilians – The Evidence Shows This Improves Security

    The Chronicles Editorial September 27, 2022
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    South Sudan President Salva Kiir A long-running state of insecurity has recently intensified in Unity State – one of South Sudan’s 10 states – resulting in many innocent lives being lost. The security crisis is being stoked by many factors. One is fighting between sections of the civilian population, caused by cattle raiding, among…

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  • Major Study Debunks Five Xenophobic Myths About Immigrants in South Africa

    The Chronicles Editorial September 27, 2022
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    Anti Xenophobia demo Cape Town, South Africa May 2008 (Photo by Mikko Kapanen) In South Africa, immigrants are often scapegoated as the root of socio-economic problems. In the post-apartheid landscape, Black African immigrants, mainly, from other African countries have been negatively stereotyped as “illegal” and “job stealers” who are “criminal”…

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  • African Leaders Angry As Western Counterparts Skip Climate Conference

    AFP News Agency September 6, 2022
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    Erosion along River Nyabarongo African leaders criticised on Monday the lack of Western counterparts at a meeting in Rotterdam where they pleaded for funds to help their countries adapt to global warming. Senegalese President and African Union chief Macky Sall, and Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said wealthy countries responsible for…

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  • Inside Classified Hillary Clinton Emails on Killing of Muammar Qaddafi: To Stop United States of Africa

    The Chronicles Editorial January 7, 2022
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    One of Clinton’s closest advisors passed her an intelligence report prepared by an ex-CIA official that speculated about France’s motivations for bombing Libya. Two weeks after France began bombing Libya, in March, 2011, Hillary Clinton’s old friend and advisor Sidney Blumenthal passed her an intelligence memo that supposedly revealed France’s…

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  • Crisis In South Africa As Disgruntled Military Veterans ‘Kidnap’ Ministers

    The Chronicles Editorial October 15, 2021
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    Two ministers and a deputy minister were held hostage on Thursday night at the St George’s Hotel in Centurion. They were the Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele, Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Thandi Modise and her Deputy Minister Thabang Makwetla.  The ministers were held by military veterans who allegedly demanded over R4 million each, housing, medical aid and bursaries for their children.  Gungubele released…

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  • Panic Among Rwandans As Malawi Deadline For Refugees To Return To Camp Nears

    Moïse Kimenyi April 27, 2021
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    Government of Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera says the new order is simply enforcing an existing law  There is panic among Rwandan refugees and others as deadline looms, which was issued by Malawi government for all who live outside the camp to go back. On April 16, the government of Malawi…

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  • In 2020, Africa Could Only Resettle 7,000 Refugees Out of 26m Displaced

    The Chronicles Editorial February 12, 2021
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    Mahama refugeeMahama refugee camp for Burundian refugees located in Kirehe district, eastern Rwanda. camlfor Refugee resettlements in 2020 reached historic lows despite record-high numbers of displaced people in need. At the same time, substantial funding gaps remain. This is increasing pressure on African host countries, exposing refugees to enhanced risks…

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  • More Than 200,000 Flee ‘Apocalyptic’ Conflict in Central African Republic

    Reuters February 1, 2021
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    Rwandan peacekeepers stand guard in CAR More than 200,000 people have fled fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR) since violence erupted over a December election result, according to the UN refugee agency. The CAR army, backed by UN, Russian and Rwandan troops, has been battling rebels seeking to overturn…

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  • African Countries to Borrow Money from Afreximbank to Buy COVID-19 Vaccines

    Staff Writer January 13, 2021
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    AU chair, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa The African Union has negotiated a $2billion funding scheme from which member governments will get money to buy COVID-19 vaccines for their people back home. The arrangement was announced Wednesday night by AU chair, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Arrangements have been made…

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  • African Union Secures 300 Million Coronavirus Vaccine Doses

    The Chronicles Editorial January 13, 2021
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    The AU has not revealed the source of the vaccines NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The African Union has secured close to 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in the largest such agreement yet for Africa, a continental official said Tuesday. Nicaise Ndembi, senior science adviser for the Africa Centers for Disease…

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  • Ramaphosa Says ‘South Africa Is Most Beautiful’, But Then Kagame Reminded Him ‘Rwanda Is Most Business-Friendly’

    Chronicles Team November 11, 2019
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    Right to Left: Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame and Mozambique’s Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosário were on the high-level panel, which was also aired live on CNBC Africa Africa’s regional blocs were Monday selling themselves as best possible destinations, and not the other,…

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  • Burkina Faso Issues Arrest Warrant for Ousted President Compaore Over Sankara Murder

    The Chronicles Editorial November 5, 2019
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    Thomas Sankara (L) and Blaise Compaore were said to have been best of friends Burkina Faso has issued an international arrest warrant for ousted leader Blaise Compaore in connection with the murder of former president Thomas Sankara nearly 30 years ago, judicial sources have said. The popular leader’s 1987 murder…

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  • South African Delegation In Kigali Over Xenophobic Attacks On Foreigners

    Staff Writer October 18, 2019
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    President Paul Kagame receives South Africa Presidential Special Envoy Jeff Radebe at Village Urugwiro, Kigali. South African Presidential Special Envoys on Friday met with President Paul Kagame in Kigali, on the latest leg of their African tour. Led by Jeff Radebe, a former minister and close confidante of SA President…

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  • There Will Be No More Debt Relief For Africa, Warns US Top Diplomat

    Fred Mwasa June 24, 2019
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    Tibor Nagy, the US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs speaking at the Carnegie Mellow University Africa, in Kigali-Rwanda, on March 11, 2019 African countries piling up debt they won’t be able to pay back, including to China, should not expect to be bailed out by western-sponsored debt relief,…

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  • With 110% Debts To GDP, Congo-Brazzaville Sets Up “Indebtedness” Commission

    Staff Writer June 15, 2019
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    Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso and First Lady Antoinette Nguesso arrive in Paris on November 10, 2018 for the celebrations making armistice day The Republic of Congo has set up a team to advice government on ways to get out of huge foreign debt owed to mainly China…

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  • Africa “Likely To Meet Only 3 of 17” UN Development Goals By 2030

    Chronicles Team June 14, 2019
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    The Conference was marked by a high-level panel discussion moderated by Dr Donald Kaberuka, former President of the African Development Bank Group. The panel had President Paul Kagame, Zambian President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, Liberian Vice President Dr. Jewel C. Howard-Taylor and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki. A reality check…

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